Chapter 39 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 39.17

ते प्रसाद्य महात्मानं विषण्णवदनास्तदा। ऊचुः परमसंत्रस्ताः पितामहमिदं वचः॥

te prasādya mahātmānaṃ viṣaṇṇavadanāstadā| ūcuḥ paramasaṃtrastāḥ pitāmahamidaṃ vacaḥ||

English Meaning

And propitiating that high-souled one, they with melancholy countenances and in exceeding agitation, spoke these words to the Grand-sire,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)